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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11238
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13986
13 Actual Demand 10926
14 Aggregate Planning 11848
15 Air Cargo 9782
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6389
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34494
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15166
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18849
20 Assembly Line 21422
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22612
22 Average Speed of Answer 26330
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22587
24 Batch Production 37545
25 Bill Discounting 14073
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10775
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6886
28 Blanket Release 9729
29 Bonded Warehouse 9824
30 Booking Number 13370
31 Bottleneck 9180
32 Buffer Stock 58227
33 Build to Stock 12687
34 Bullwhip Effect 9249
35 Business Logistics 25041
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12293
37 Capacity Management 39426
38 Capacity Utilization 13731
39 Capital Intensive 8069
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8338
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11809
42 Certified Supplier 8793
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9023
45 Co-managed Inventory 12168
46 Co-Packers 11530
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6591
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19286
50 Container Depot 10333
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19168
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11795
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11170
56 Control Charts 7737
57 Cost Flow 10045
58 Courier Service 14822
59 CPFR 7984
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11509
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43272
62 Date Code 17714
63 Days of Supply 19445
64 Dead on Arrival 8911
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7069
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7838
67 Detective Control 8679
68 Devanning 13971
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10578
70 Dispatching 23602
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34013
73 Distribution Metrics 8696
74 Distribution Planning 23887
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14827
76 Double Marginalization 52160
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21974
78 Dual 5250
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20286
80 Echelon Inventory 25846
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37938
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48813
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7395
84 Efficient Frontier 24940
85 Engineer-to-Order 31233
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15919
87 Erlang B Formula 9079
88 ETD 8072
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13124
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7577
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8408
97 Fishbone Diagram 14294
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26497
99 Flow Through Distribution 12030
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7907
101 FOB Destination 12666
102 Forward buying 29693
103 Freight Charge 10085
104 Freight Consolidation 7309
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11397
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29150
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23030
110 Idle Time 7854
 
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